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[–][deleted] 1156 points1157 points  (57 children)

I have a lot of stories. But I'll go with my favorite.

My grandpa, who was a tough as nails WWII Marine vet, had a little stuffed bunny. He kept it out in the open and when he would walk past it and thought no one was looking, he would pet it. Big old tough guy petting a little stuffed bunny in adorable secrecy. It was an ongoing family joke.

Anyways, he committed suicide and we all went to the house to deal with the police and ME and everything. We stayed in the house that night and it had an overall creepy vibe because of what had happened. We were all naturally upset and struggling and doing dumb things to try to make ourselves laugh to try to deal with it. And we realize the bunny has been moving. Like it would be on the dining table and then we would see it in the den an hour later. I thought someone was doing it as a joke. But everyone swore they wouldn't do that and we never caught anyone doing it. I kept an eye on that bunny the entire week. Never saw anyone touch it but it would still be moved! I think granddad was playing jokes on us. Not the most convincing or scary story but I like it.

His cell phone also called his landline. That was weird.

Edit: thank you guys for your funny additions to this story! Grandpa is in Valhalla with the bunny and the bunny might have actually killed him or the bunny had clues to treasures or I stole the bunny myself :)

You guys always know how to lighten these things up. I love it!

[–]kroka4loka[S] 403 points404 points  (30 children)

That's kind of sweet. He loved the bunny and wanted to use it as a means of messing with you guy.

[–][deleted] 287 points288 points  (26 children)

It was really sweet. He was a crazy dude. I miss him. Another weird thing is after the funeral, no one could find the bunny anywhere.

[–][deleted] 417 points418 points  (23 children)

He took it with him to the halls of Valhalla

[–][deleted] 286 points287 points  (9 children)

Now I'm imagining this dude holding a little bunny charging into battle yelling "WITNESS ME"

[–][deleted] 116 points117 points  (3 children)


[–]HuoXue 164 points165 points  (0 children)


[–]shiny_and_chrome 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Ok, thanks!


I love it when this happens.

[–]Superafluid 3 points4 points  (1 child)


Hahahhaha amazing

[–]LeoKhenir 1 point2 points  (1 child)

For pony bunny!

[–]CatzAgainstHumanity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the same thing!!!!


He probably did! Him and his bunny are drinking mead and freezing their asses off...

[–]adonis98 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Did you all every find the bunny- or is it still missing??


It's still missing. Never found it when we cleaned the house out and it's since been sold.

[–]adonis98 1 point2 points  (1 child)

That's really creepy...

Do you think that its disappearance is something paranormal, or do you think one of your family members wanted to keep it as a memento of him?


I really don't know. Anyone who would have wanted it claims they didn't take it. I can't imagine anyone else taking it. I'm not really sure where it went.

[–]NotYourAverageTomBoy 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Why do people think Mad Max when Valhalla is mentioned? That's not where it came from. I imagine his Grapa going into Valhalla all decked out in mail armor, with the rabbit tucked in his belt on his side


I so wish someone could photoshop a picture of my grandpa and the bunny in Valhalla now.


But Valhalla is for soldiers who died violently on the battlefield. People who died peacefully go to Niflheim. Although the suicide might complicate things.


You have to die on the battlefield to get to valhalla. I doubt Odin knows much about PTSD.

[–]Nomicakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not always. Sometimes you're just Tim from Accounting

[–]allora_fair 2 points3 points  (2 children)

If times have changed, then so have the gods. Odin was a god associated with knowledge, too. I'm sure he would have understood the mental battle of such things stemming from war. OP's grandpa and bunny are most definitely partying with Odin.


My grandpas probably up there calling all the Vikings sissies cause he was a Marine, all whilst still secretly petting his stuffed bunny.


Yes, it is the current year and I'm sure the gods have changed a lot because of that.

[–]AAA1374 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Dude- somebody was lying. Or it was you. You crazy motherfucker.


Hahaha it WAS me! You found me out.

Just kidding. I don't see anyone in my family doing a long con for a week during such a high stress time. But who knows?

[–]Thegatso 0 points1 point  (0 children)


[–]KingJak117 0 points1 point  (1 child)

No the bunny did it. Did nobody see Child's Play?


They actually thought my aunt did it because my crazy grandfather had to shoot himself twice in the heart. He wanted an open casket funeral so he missed his pace maker the first time and went for a second shot.

But maybe it WAS the bunny! It's all starting to make sense.

[–]chokingonlego 92 points93 points  (8 children)

That actually happened to me at Christmas. This Christmas ornament of a squirrel just flew off the tree, and hit a window in the living room. It didn't fall off, or get knocked by a dog or, the thing actually flew off the tree like a bullet and smashed into the window. I recently had a relative die that was a bit of a joker about 3-4 years ago, and this was creepy as all heck. My grandma still keeps it out on the coffee table, out of residual fear or possibly tradition.

[–]Uncle_Erik 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Stuff mysteriously moves around my apartment all the time.

Though I live with four cats.

[–]whyyesiamarobot 6 points7 points  (1 child)

My colleague told me this story about her daughter: When Amy was a little girl, she loved butterflies. Her room had a butterfly motif, she had butterfly ornaments and butterfly clothing, etc, etc. When Amy grew up, she was very suddenly killed in a car wreck when her compact car was thrown by the wind (yes, this can happen) into the oncoming lane and she was struck by a pickup truck. Later that year, the family was sitting together, trying to support each other through their first Christmas without Amy. You have to know that in the dead of a Canadian winter where even daytime temps are well below freezing, no insects survive. But as the family were sitting together in their living room at Christmas, a butterfly suddenly flitted across the room and landed on Amy's photograph.


This is so sad and beautiful. I don't know whether to smile or cry.


Oh man. That would be scary! Flying things are much more unnerving than a stuffed bunny!

I would lock that ornament up myself.

[–]chokingonlego 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I think I'd be more scared of the bunny. It's one thing for some big flashy show to happen, but small little things happening, forcing you to question your sanity over small details like the location of a bunny, driving you paranoid? Nope. Nope me to the moon.


That's a good point. It was oddly comforting to me though.

[–]pirate-cat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Skimmed this, thought an actual Squirrel had smashed into your window. I was then very confused why your grandma decided to keep it.

[–]AeonicButterfly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reminds me. The Christmas after my Grandma passed. We kept this crappy little electric candle on the mantle, though it wasn't plugged in, and hadn't been for a long time. It kept turning on at odd hours during the season, even behind my back when I was at my computer and not looking at it. Dad would walk down the hall, catch it, and ask if we did it.

It also stopped after the new year, too.

Then I have no idea if this counts as paranormal, but I knew that if she could do something like this: My mom once ordered an item online, and when it showed up, it was a sock monkey. Grandma liked them, so we were joking about maybe her giving it to us.

In the next week, we got like 11 copies of Country Gone Reggae we didn't order. We never heard of it before, and we've kept it as a gag gift after a call to Amazon told us we could keep the CDs. Again, we think Grandma was joking with us, and with the sense of humor she had, I could see it happening...

[–]myhatzulu 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Big old tough petting a little stuffed bunny in adorable secrecy, it was an ongoing family joke


Anyways he commited suicide

:| ..... :(

Seriously that is one heck of an escalation. I need to see some cat videos to recover from such an insanely fast transition


Sorry for that. I got right to the point didn't I?

[–]Abadatha 6 points7 points  (1 child)

He was trying to let you know that the bunny killed him. You see, it's always been possessed, and he kept it appeased by petting it. He did it when he didn't think anyone was looking because he didn't want anyone else too get sucked into it's control.


Omg! This is my favorite theory. I think the possession transferred to my aunt...

[–]ilives 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Put the bunny back in the box!


Thanks for the lulz :)

[–]Lookslikeapersonukno 4 points5 points  (1 child)

PTSD sufferers are commonly given stuffed animals as a means of therapy


He didn't believe in PTSD. But I really like that idea.

[–]t_bonium119 4 points5 points  (1 child)

My Korean war vet Marine Grandpa suicided around thanksgiving. My condolences.


I'm so sorry to hear. RIP tough old grandpas :(

My thoughts to you and your family and feel free to PM if you want to talk!!!

[–]BluehairMagoo 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Please tell more!


I am off to breakfast and just saw this but I will tell more if there's interest!

[–]hamburgerz 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I wonder if there is something secretly stored inside the bunny and he is trying to tell you?


Dammit! We missed out on Japanese secrets and hidden treasures!

Edit: changed from "nazi" secrets to "Japanese" because he was in Iwo Jima and nowhere near Europe.

[–]Lasagnahead 1 point2 points  (0 children)